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A642 between Leeds and Wakefield closed due to ongoing police incident

Traffic and Travel

Sir Gary Verity resigned as Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive in March.

Gary Verity expenses scandal fallout costs Welcome to Yorkshire almost £500,000

Politics

The restrictions are just the first part of Wakefield Council's plans.

Bollards stopping under-bridge parking in Wakefield

People

Phil Normington, with his wife Ingrid at their home in Havercroft

Funeral director with serious lung condition devastated after Wakefield Council blocks downstairs bedroom extension

People

Express-backed Wakefield Christmas Hamper Appeal launches to help disadvantaged families

People

Wakefield Council leader Peter Box quitting after 21 years - days after becoming Welcome to Yorkshire chair

Politics

'Major disruption' to trains in Wakefield after person hit by train

Traffic and Travel

Wakefield One council office could become 'Smart' building with new sensors

Politics

Two teenagers were taken to hospital after a stabbing in Castleford. Photo: Google Maps

Arrests made after two teenagers stabbed in Castleford attack

Crime

Two solar energy parks like these could see the council's buildings become carbon neutral within 18 months.

Wakefield Council reveals plans to build solar energy farms in Ossett and South Kirkby

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Traffic and Travel More Traffic and Travel >>

A642 between Leeds and Wakefield closed due to ongoing police incident

Traffic and Travel

Passengers will face hours of disruption to trains through Wakefield today after a person was hit by a train. Stock image.

'Major disruption' to trains in Wakefield after person hit by train

Traffic and Travel

A London North Eastern Railway (LNER) train leaves the platform during the launch event for the new service, which replaces failed rail franchise Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC), at Kings Cross station in London. Pic: PA

No trains from Yorkshire to London King's Cross for two weekends in 2020 due to East Coast Main Line upgrades

Traffic and Travel

$Work is set to begin next week (Monday, October 21)in Horbury Bridge and Pontefract.$

Road works to cause disruption for eight weeks on Wakefield and Pontefract roads

Traffic and Travel

These are the 34 roads in the Wakefield district with the most traffic accidents in 2018, according to the latest figures.

These are the 34 roads in Wakefield with the most traffic accidents in 2018

Traffic and Travel

Crime More Crime >>

Arrests made after two teenagers stabbed in Castleford attack

Crime

Mr Suggitt in Asda on the morning of his death.

Appeal to find belongings of murdered 90-year-old Pontefract man

Crime

Parents, carers and guardians - do you know for sure who your child is with?

Here's how to keep your children safe from County Lines crime

Crime

Thefts of parcels and packages from our doorsteps have surged.

Amazon Crime! West Yorkshire police report over 100 doorstep parcel thefts

Crime

Environment More Environment >>

Heckmondwike fly-tipper dumped waste at Wakefield beauty spot in 'despicable' act

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Castle Gate in Stanley lies close to the M62.

Plans for traveller site criticised ahead of government decision

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Limousines of nine seats or more are currently unregulated by councils.

Stretched limousines 'may fail' emissions tests in Leeds and Wakefield

Environment

They look like snakes and act like snakes, but slow worms are actually a type of native legless lizard.''Varying in colour from grey to brown to bronze, they can be spotted if you see it blink, because snakes dont have eyelids like lizards do.''Slow worms are significantly less withdrawn than British snake species and can frequently be found in back gardens up and down the UK.

IN PICTURES: seven snakes and lizards that could be hiding in your garden

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Politics More Politics >>

Gary Verity expenses scandal fallout costs Welcome to Yorkshire almost £500,000

Politics

Peter Box is stepping down as Wakefield Council leader.

Wakefield Council leader Peter Box quitting after 21 years - days after becoming Welcome to Yorkshire chair

Politics

The Wakefield One building opened in 2012.

Wakefield One council office could become 'Smart' building with new sensors

Politics

Council earmarks Wakefield sites for new homes to built over next 17 years

Politics

Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech to police officers during a visit on September 5, 2019 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Photo: Danny Lawson - WPA Pool/Getty Images

Boris Johnson's Wakefield speech in front of police officers should have had 'clear delineation' from political points

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Business More Business >>

Wakefield to get new Morrisons store as 500 jobs confirmed for City Fields development

Lifestyle

Travel agent Hays Travel has bought all 555 former Thomas Cook stores, including six units in the Wakefield district. The Wakefield store, on Northgate.

Hays Travel purchases former Thomas Cook shops in Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford

Business

Remote branches, and those in places where Barclays is the last bank in town will be protected from closure until at least 2021.

Barclays has vowed to protect more than 100 branches from closure - including Hemsworth

Business

Gadget store MenKind has opened a popup store in Wakefield city centre this festive season.

MenKind opens Christmas popup store in Wakefield city centre

Business

Education More Education >>

Parents lobby transport company Arriva to revive school bus

Education

Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate opens its new £4million building

Education

Author Hilary Robinson opened the library with Candice's children Solomon, Hannah and Amelia Woodcock.

Wakefield school opens new library in memory of Candice Woodcock

Education

Pupils from Featherstone All Saints CofE Academy helped to bury a time capsule at Featherstone Hall

Featherstone Hall to have life breathed back into it with redevelopment

Education

With less than a week to go until the demolition of four of the remaining cooling towers, here are some photos of our beloved power station through the years...

IN PICTURES: Ferrybridge Power Station through time

Lifestyle

Health More Health >>

Here's how ALL the GP surgeries in Wakefield were rated for patient satisfaction

Health

Beth Williams and Karen Sykes.

Family of Beth Williams say they will walk ‘in memory of our brightest star’

Health

Thomas Jackson is now blind after an acid attack in 2017, but has now set up his own business 'Crafting in the Dark'.

Victim of doorstep acid attack in Wakefield tells how he spent 18 months grieving for his life and eyesight

Crime

Samm Jaques, aged 35, is raising awareness.

Wakefield mum battling Birth Trauma PTSD shares her story with the hope of helping others

News

Fieldhead Hospital Photo by Interserve

BBC broadcaster Horatio Clare opens new £17m mental health unit on World Mental Health Day.

Health